Example sentences of "person [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Home Secretary Kenneth Clarke said it would be difficult to prove a sufferer , possibly made irrational by the knowledge they would die , infected another person through sex on purpose . |
| 2 | Similarly , in medieval Europe , it was ‘ common sense ’ that one could determine the guilt or innocence of an accused person through ‘ trial by ordeal ’ , e.g. accused people carried a red-hot iron bar for ten paces , and if their wounds were healed after x days they would be declared innocent — again , this method is noticeably absent in modern trials ! |
| 3 | As the person through whom all orders for purchases from project grants must pass , this is clearly a key position in the project 's structure . |
| 4 | The fundamental question in these cases is whether the taking of a benefit by a person through his or her crime would be unconscionable as representing an unjust enrichment of that person . |
| 5 | It was acknowledged that dock identification was unsatisfactory but the identification of a person through a name which was only known by hearsay was almost equivalent to a dock identification . |
| 6 | ‘ that , on general principles , an injury transmitted from the actor to a person through his own organic substance , or through his mother , before he became a person , stands on the same footing as an injury transmitted to an existing person through other intervening substances outside him … |
| 7 | ‘ that , on general principles , an injury transmitted from the actor to a person through his own organic substance , or through his mother , before he became a person , stands on the same footing as an injury transmitted to an existing person through other intervening substances outside him … |
| 8 | Eventually , authors of the calibre of Dashiell Hammett and Chandler moved on to producing full-length books , based often on their early material in the pulps and always with the hero , the person through whose eyes one saw the story , a private-eye , a shamus , a private investigator , a P.I . |
| 9 | All the villagers had an increasing tendency to address Lydia , if they had to address her at all , in the third person through the medium of Betty and it seemed that Elizabeth too had caught the habit . |
| 10 | It does not mean that God has failed to give any indication of his person through ‘ the moral law within and the starry heaven above ’ . |
| 11 | ‘ Anybody can do anything , ’ Josie said , which she knew was only so much bullshit but which she also believed was a reasonable dictum for getting a person through life . |
| 12 | I mean , I mean I 'm sure it 's useful in the sense that it gets one person through er doing a degree who could n't have done it otherwise , but whether it would actually give you the sort of experience you want , I 'm much more doubtful . |
| 13 | Is the Nat Sec the person through whom all dealings with the nation 's Churches at central level are to be conducted ( eg Synods , Assemblies , central women 's organisations , youth offices etc ) ? |
| 14 | Is Nat Sec the person through whom all dealings with government departments are to be channelled ( eg Dept of Education , Dept of Environment who are responsible for house to house collections in N.I ) ? |
| 15 | 15 ( 1 ) No action shall be brought by any person to recover any land after the expiration of twelve years from the date on which the right of action accrued to him or , if it first accrued to some person through whom he claims , to that person . |
| 16 | 1 Where the person bringing an action to recover land , or some person through whom he claims , has been in possession of the land , and has while entitled to the land been dispossessed or discontinued his possession , the right of action shall be treated as having accrued on the date of the dispossession or discontinuance . |
| 17 | When we think about those questions of individ individuation in our normal affairs , the best we can do is to say that what individuates us and also what makes us the same person through changes over time , is a great medley of factors , some of which are bodily , some of which involve our souls |
| 18 | My particular role erm in the operation was to carry one of the ballistic shields erm and I also erm during the briefing was informed that I would be the first person through the front door and consequent consequently to the door of the master bedroom . |
| 19 | Each client is matched with a trained volunteer who will give support , advice and companionship to that young person through meeting them regularly . |
| 20 | In this case Kaja Silverman has usefully remarked the importance , for Jacques Lacan 's version of this argument , of Aristophanes ' conception of the person as an original androgynous whole ( in Plato 's Symposium ) . |
| 21 | The court has always had power to take a child out of the custody of a parent or guardian in cases of misconduct or unfitness , and in such cases , or in the absence of any lawful guardian , to appoint a suitable person as guardian . |
| 22 | Any increase in price per person as a result of a part cancellation eg. underoccupancy , is not a cancellation charge and is not covered by our insurance . |
| 23 | We reserve the right to decline to accept or retain any person as a client if their conduct is disruptive and affecting the enjoyment of other holidaymakers , and we shall be under no liability for any extra costs incurred by such a person as a result of our doing so . |
| 24 | To the layman , logic might seem to compel that acceptance by the State of a person as a female for one purpose or at one level would necessarily mean acceptance of the person as a female for all purposes , on the simple reasoning that acceptance means what it says . |
| 25 | To the layman , logic might seem to compel that acceptance by the State of a person as a female for one purpose or at one level would necessarily mean acceptance of the person as a female for all purposes , on the simple reasoning that acceptance means what it says . |
| 26 | Because this treatment is a holistic therapy , the person as a whole will be treated rather than a specific problem area and this treatment often involves a combination of techniques , such as dietary therapy , water treatment , hot or cold water packs and massage . |
| 27 | ‘ A shrewd student of character ’ , he would ‘ treat each person as an individual , possessed of his own peculiar strengths and weaknesses . ’ |
| 28 | It is interesting to reflect on the value of a guide dog to a blind person as an aid to independence in the AL of maintaining a safe environment . |
| 29 | Discussing the counselling process , McEvoy ( 1988 ) describes counselling as ‘ an enabling interaction between two people which seeks to support the weaker person as a responsible human being ’ . |
| 30 | These differences are an indication of the unique way in which each individual is responding to the circumstances in which he finds himself and of the state of that person as a whole , that is they show how his healing powers are operating at that time . |